The United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights, Volker Turk, voted in favor of an urgent ban on weapons capable of killing without human intervention. This vote took place in the context of a call for the regulation of automatic weapons systems.
Turk declared he was joining the calls for an urgent ban on these weapons, after a Russian attack that reportedly involved this type of technology. The attack was reportedly carried out without a human making the final decision to fire.
United Nations member states will now decide on the control and regulation of automatic weapons. The vote represents a significant step in the international debate on autonomous weapons systems.
This position of the High Commissioner comes within the framework of a broader effort by the international community to establish limits on the development and use of weapons that operate independently of human intervention.
